We Sing Wherever We Go

This last weekend the band and choir from MIS had the opportunity to drive to Düsseldorf and work with and perform with the International school there (International School of Düsseldorf).  We drove up on Sunday and it was about eight hours with stops.  We were supposed to meet at the school, but our parents happened to be in Wien so the Office Elders were kind enough to bring us in the huge mission van.  Finally we got off, and at one of the gas stations we stopped at, I found this couldn't stop laughing for a few minutes.

When we finally got there it was so beautiful!  The hostel we were staying at was right on the Rhine River and it was just gorgeous!  

So on Monday we drove to the school and rehearsed and we sang two songs on our own, and two songs with their choir.  These are all the girls that came, there were about seven missing.

Tacie, me, Kayley

Both of our schools together, band and choir

The two bands rehearsing together

After performing we went out and did a historical tour of the city and that was really interesting.  We also found this adorable door.

The coolest part of the trip, in my opinion, was this.  During the tour we kept stopping at all these gorgeous churches and this one was supposedly famous for amazing acoustics so we asked the tour guide if we could sing there and he said yes so we were so excited!  We have learned this Latin song called Ubi Caritas that we performed at the school, and ever since we learned this song, our dream has been to perform it in a church.  It was the COOLEST experience!

That night we walked around and shopped and ate in the city center and then walked back to the hostel over this huge bridge that crossed the Rhine.  

The next day we drove back home and everything went back to normal.  I was so grateful for this trip to be able to bond with the girls and just sing.  It was amazing!